Transmedia creates a story universe. Story universe means that different narratives are created and shared within a story world. It is necessary to establish a connection between stories to create the story universe. The connection of each narrative is established by the incorporation of common elements. By adding new elements in this structure, new narratives can be created in different environments and the transmedia narrative can be expanded by including new narratives to the universe.
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Transmedia and the Vagueness of Narrative Structure
Ahmet Oktan (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5357-1.ch009
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the types of transformations that transmedia applications cause on the narrative structure of motion pictures and television series. Since different methods are used to construct the story as a transmedia narrative in different films or series, as many works as possible are included in the study to make more accurate determinations. In this context, examples of Star Trek, The Godfather, The Matrix, Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Shrek, Madagascar, Lost, Game of Thrones, Medcezir, and Vatanım Sensin have been examined in terms of their narrative structure. In these works, the condition of the parts constituting the story universe compared to the main narrative, the elements that enable the construction of new narratives related to the main narrative in different media, fictionalization of the elements such as story lines, characters, spaces, atmosphere, and sound, the methods that are used for the transition among stories, etc. have been examined.